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criticism
1. The action of criticizing, or passing judgment upon the qualities or merits of anything; especially, the passing of unfavorable judgment; fault-finding, censure.
2. The art of estimating the qualities and character of literary or artistic work; the function or work of a critic.
3. The act of finding fault; censuring; disapproval.
This entry is located in the following units: cris-, crit-, cri- (page 2) -ism, -ismus (page 14)
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(Latin: to count, to reckon, to assess, to estimate, to value, to deem, to judge; judgment, criticism; Latin censura and French censure)
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destructive criticism (s) (noun), destructive criticisms (pl)
1. Designed or tending to disprove or discredit someone or an action.
2. That which is intended to damage or to hurt rather than be helpful or instructive: "Criticism should not be destructive, but instead it should be constructive."
This entry is located in the following unit: stru-, struct-, -structure, -struction, -structive (page 3)
self-criticism
Criticism of oneself.
This entry is located in the following units: cris-, crit-, cri- (page 3) -ism, -ismus (page 53)